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Monday, 30 January 2012
A high-level United Nations panel on global sustainability formed by Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, in its final report said “the world is still not on the path of sustainable development,” even though real progress has been made on some issues.
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Corporations that are regularly practicing sustainability measures stand to gain more, a recent report from business journal MIT Sloan Management Review and The Boston Consulting Group showed. The study, which involved 2,874 executives in 113 countries, found that two-thirds of global companies see sustainability as a competitive necessity in today’s marketplace, up from 55 percent a year ago.
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Thursday, 12 January 2012
Constellation Energy, an energy producer based in Maryland, is accepting applications for its yearly EcoStar Grant program. The program awards community-based projects in pollution prevention, education and outreach, energy efficiency, conservation and community activism up to $5,000 to implement their projects. The grant money will be provided by the Constellation Energy Foundation.
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Monday, 09 January 2012
The Inter-American Development Bank began a $2.8 million project to help about 200 small- and medium-sized companies in Brazil measure and manage their greenhouse gas emissions. According to the bank voluntary greenhouse gas emission initiatives in Brazil have only involved large companies to date.
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Sunday, 08 January 2012
Spanish urban clothier Skunkfunk released its new collection line of outfits made from environmentally-safe materials. The garments, designed for everyday stylish casual wear, include recycled polyester, which comes from crude oil; organic cotton; and lyocell, a light and silky textile made from regenerated cellulosic fiber that comes from eucalyptus wood pulp.
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Thursday, 15 December 2011
Greenpeace International has ended its 20-month campaign against Facebook’s use of coal after compelling the world’s biggest social networking Web site to power its data centers with renewable energy.
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Thursday, 15 December 2011
The Coca-Cola Company, the world’s largest soft drink maker, signed up three bio-based material makers in the United States to develop bottles made entirely of plants instead of petroleum-based plastics. In a statement yesterday, Coca-Cola said Virent Inc., Gevo Inc. and Avantium each received multimillion-dollar contracts to expand the company’s recyclable “PlantBottles.”
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Monday, 12 December 2011
The 150-year-old family-owned Royal Wine Corporation installed a 1.15-megawatt solar power system on the roof of its corporate headquarters and warehouse facility in Bayonne, New Jersey, which took six months to complete and is expected to provide for 65 percent of the site’s power needs.
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Sunday, 11 December 2011
The administration building of Exelon Power’s solar business has received a Silver certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system. A LEED certification is one of the world's most recognized "green building" standards, administered by the U.S. Green Building Council. It hands points for seven categories - from materials and energy use to indoor air quality and water efficiency.
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Thursday, 08 December 2011
The Aluminum Association, an association of producers of aluminum as well as aluminum recyclers, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Aluminum Association of India. The groups aim to promote aluminum as a sustainable material in the transportation, packaging and building and construction markets.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011
LG Electronics USA, the principal North American subsidiary of global leader LG Electronics Inc., committed to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent compared with 2007 levels by 2020.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Power producer AES Corp. has finalized its acquisition of public utility DPL Inc. yesterday, having received all necessary regulatory approvals and consents. The deal will add 13 power distribution companies and more than 100 generation plants with 40,000 megawatts installed capacity in AES’ portfolio. DPL’s headquarters will remain in Dayton, Ohio. The value of the deal was not disclosed.
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Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Google Inc. has officially closed one of its research and investment programs which aimed to make renewable energy cheaper than coal as the company continues its streamlining efforts started by its new chief executive Larry Page earlier this year.
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Monday, 21 November 2011
Leading global brands Motorola Mobility, Deutsche Bank and Bloomberg, among others, signed up for the new WindMade label – the world’s first wind power consumer label – at an event hosted by WindMade and the United Nations Global Impact in New York on November 18, committing to procure at least 25 percent of their operation’s power consumption from wind energy.
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Monday, 21 November 2011
Facebook Inc.’s data center received a “Gold” certification from the United States Green Building Council for having been designed to consume just a little over half the power a typical facility would use. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design or LEED certification is one of the world's most recognized "green building" standards.
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Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Toyota Motor Corporation has met over 80 percent of its environmental goals it has set for its North America operations five years ago by continuously reducing waste it sends to the landfill and improving the fuel economy of its vehicles, the company said.
According to its recently released 2011 North America Environmental Report, Toyota’s fuel-efficient car lineup was at the helm of its sustainability achievements led by the Toyota Prius.
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Tuesday, 15 November 2011
In a new marketing strategy for the company, wind giant Vestas said it will talk directly with 600 major companies to win investments in wind energy generation from around the world – using tools like LinkedIn.
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Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Home furnishings retailer Ikea installed four electric vehicle charging stations at its Carson, California branch together with EV infrastructure company Ecotality. Ecotality is overseeing the installation of approximately 14,000 commercial and residential charging stations in 18 cities and major metropolitan areas in six states and the District of Columbia. To do this, Ecotality is tapping a public-private effort funded by a Department of Energy grant.
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Thursday, 10 November 2011
Hewlett-Packard Co. has topped Greenpeace’s latest Guide to Greener Electronics poll, overtaking Nokia Corp. which has held the position for three consecutive years. HP moved ahead three places to the top spot, garnering a score of 5.9 in the 10-point scorecard. It earned most of its points in supply chain management, having the best program for measuring and reducing emissions of greenhouse gases from its suppliers, although it sould improve on the green products criteria, according to the
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Wednesday, 09 November 2011
Fuel Tech Inc., which provides solutions for the optimization of combustion systems and emissions control for utility and industrial applications, saw an increase in revenues and net income for the three-month period which ended September 30, 2011. Revenue stood at $24.0 million or an increase of 19 percent, compared to $20.3 million in the prior-year period.
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